A Firefighters Own Worst Enemy took time to create a video walking you through the “Firefighter Mode” setting on elevators. It is vital in any high-rise event that firefighters have control of elevators and keep control until the end of ...

High-rise firefighting is extremely challenging in part because of the effort involved in transporting equipment to the fire floor. The Denver Hosepack is a time-tested way to divide the labor and successfully bring hose to the fire floor without exhausting firefighters. In this article, Dave McGrail walks through the process for building the Denver Hosepack.

Well-defined procedures are essential for safe and effective high-rise firefighting. In this article, William Porter of the Sacramento Fire Department provides a sample SOP for establishing a water supply at high-rise incidents.